Your Carry Gun Ever Been Spotted?

What is scarier is how many people don't notice an open-carried sidearm.
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I too frequently OC and it is amazing how oblivious people can be. Sometimes when covering my Blackhawk with a summer shirt it seems more obvious than when OC'd, but no ones ever seemed to notice. Never been busted with my snubbie when concealed really means concealed (in town / public places).

ETA: In a small way, the fact that we carry is what allows the oblivious to be oblivious. I glad that some of them can be that way.
 
You folks who OC would know better than I, but are you sure people really don't notice, or is it just not a big deal to them? I wouldn't say anything to an OC, but I would probably mention it if a CC was printing, in case he/she might be concerned.
 
So far, so good for me. I have been carrying my wife's P238TL in my pocket for a while ( I bought her a carry gun before I got mine). I put two folded up pieces of computer paper in front of it, and it looks like I'm carrying a wallet (and the laser actually keeps it upright, believe it or not.). If I have ever been "made", it would be when I'm checking to make sure they safety is on :rolleyes: Now that I have my New Agent, I'm waiting on a great holster to arrive so I can carry it. My father in law has a CrossBreed that even makes is chunky M&P disappear, even with just a long t-shirt :eek: so I'm in the fun state of checking the mail every hour.
 
Only once when I was in college a few years back, I was visiting a friend in Philadelphia.. and had to park my car a few blocks away for over night parking. I had a Glock 17 in a Blackhawk CQC holster with me at the time (not normally something I CCW'd but did on occasion. I hate walking back streets in Philly where I normally do not go, and didn't want to leave it in the car anyways... so I discretely put on the paddle holster, through my light weight Northface jacket on, and holstered the gun.

I grabbed my backpack with all the stuff I brought to stay over night and proceeded to walk to my destination. I got out of the shady back streets and onto a nice street where my friend lived. I was walking towards a young married couple when the wind blew my jacket open... and there was the massive rig carrying a full sized Glock. The lady's mouth kind of hung in shock and the man kept his eyes on me, but my demeanor and smile and "how are you" as I walked by I think helped them worry less.
 
Thankfully I have never had any issues, and the one time that my gun seemed to be printing a little, no one else ever noticed (or said anything).
 
three times I can talk about

1) Security Six stainless 4" in a Jackass shoulder rig poked its barrel through my cover jacket at the movies;

2) PT22 fell out of its boot holster while kneeling down at my PO box and I kicked it across the floor trying to retrieve it;

3) Changing in a public locker room and I dropped my Mini from its pocket in front of a midget; he looked at the gun, looked up at me, raised his eyebrows and walked out.
 
First time that I know of... or at least I think it was made...

... occurred a couple weeks ago in Chattanooga.

We'd stopped, en route to Nashville, to get some gas. Don't get me started about how crazy the signage is off the interstate in the downtown area... on-ramps and off-ramps aren't necessarily in the same spot, etc.

So, anyway, we pull off on what, from the name of the street, seemed like a likely candidate to have gas stations (for some reason, they don't have gas station signs before the exits near Chattanooga; they do elsewhere in TN...). After driving several blocks, and hitting some odd intersections, we found a gas station.

While I was pumping gas, some "interesting" characters were going in and out of the station's convenience store. I don't say that because they were a different race than me; I say that because some of them seemed to have stepped out of SuperFly or some of the other bad 70's flicks. It was kind of entertaining, but I was happy it was broad daylight.

A more normal-looking gentleman, a bit older than me, walked by the front of my truck on the way from his car to the store. I smiled and nodded at him. He smiled back, and said, "good thing you've got a Roscoe," as he continued walking to the store.

Not sure if he made it (M&P45c under my shirt), or if he assumed I had one, or if he was only joking.
 
Not to date that I am aware. When I first started carrying, I should my step daughter and then didn't say anything to the others in the house, except my wife of course. After two months, I couldn't stand it any longer and showed my son in law what I had in my pocket. He was quite surprised.

A couple of months ago, I was talking to someone at my church about guns and carry and he had no clue that I carried every day. I guess I must be doing something right.

On the other hand, I have seen several other folks that I can tell are carrying. I suspect that people that carry look for the clues while other people who don't carry have no clue even with obvious printing.

By the way, never heard of Roscoe as a term for a gun before. I had to look it up.

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No one has ever noticed. I think it is because so many people carry so many things on their sides now. Leathermans, cell phones, tools and so on. People are kind of used to small bulges coming out of shirts I believe.:)
 
We live in a society where it's generally considered rude, creepy, or otherwise undesirable to stare at people. Most people will avoid looking at strangers for too long or too closely so as not to offend or creep people out or whatever else. As result, most anyone that doesn't immediately stand out for some obvious reason will usually receive a quick glance if that, and something minor like one contour of what may be a firearm can easily go unnoticed. I find this is true of me. When I am going about my business, like going to grocery store or whatever else, I generally find that I simply don't look at people long enough to notice something that sort and am more focused on getting my tasks done, and I would think the same is true for most other people. I suppose I could imagine it happening while standing in line with nothing to do, but even then as someone who carries and as a "gun person" I am probably more predisposed to looking for guns than most people are. To most people it probably doesn't occur to wonder.

At the time I got my CHL (a few years ago now), my state had issued over 40,000 CHL's. This equates to about 1 of every 100 people in the state. I realize that far from everyone that's ever been issued a CHL actually carries on a regular basis, but if even only 1/4 of CHL holders ever regularly carries a gun, it means I probably see a lot of people who are carrying and I never notice it. I've only ever "made" one person it was because they made it blatantly obvious, they weren't merely "printing" but actually exposed their firearm/holster set-up while reaching for something. So while I try to avoid printing too badly, I don't sweat it much either.
 
Had a retail store salesman spot me. I was carrying a magazine in my front pocket and the baseplate got hooked on the edge of the pocket. He saw the magazine and figured where there was a pistol magazine, there must be a pistol. He was a CHL as well, so we talked guns for a bit.

I've made a couple of people carrying. The best was a guy who got out of his truck with his girlfriend/wife. He was carrying a 1911 in a small-of-back holster. His shirt had ridden up in the car seat and gotten stuck above the 1911 so that he was flashing everyone in the parking lot; but unaware of it. Suprisingly noone but me appeared to notice and a quick "Hey buddy, you're showing!" was enough to fix it.
 
Your Carry Gun Ever Been Spotted?
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Yep, a house breaker once spotted it when he broke into my parents house.

He saw it pretty clearly in my hand.

When I said, "just stay', he stayed for the Deputies to come.

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In WalMart one afternoon, I noticed a large fella who had on a button-down print shirt. With the front open and the tail worn out loose. I noticed a couple buldges.
When he took the shirt off, he had a Buck Knife Case and Cell Phone Case next to each other......Was I fooled.
 
Not really in the general public, at least not that I know of.
At church we are a rather "huggy" bunch, even then only one has noticed it. I always try to go under the other person's arms to keep them from feeling it. Most of time this works. Sometimes they do go under mine, but usually they are to high on my body to feel it anyway. Except for one older lady in the congregation. One time we were hugging, and her hand landed right on my SP101. She just smiled at me. Now whenever we hug, that's right were her hand goes. She usually says, "glad God sent you here to protect us." or something to that effect. Her husband is a retired Undersheriff, so I figure she imediately recognized the feel of it.
 
I think more of us are "spotted" than we know... I notice quite a few people, and notice exposed parts, but I rarely say anything, and I doubt I give any tells that I noticed it.

Although I agree, ignorance and self absorption hide most everything.
 
I wouldn't say printing is necessarily all bad all of the time.

Most carriers (myself included) abide by the concealed means concealed philosophy and feel that the only people who should see our firearm is the BG when we are, figuratively speaking, sticking it up his nose.

However:
The best was a guy who got out of his truck with his girlfriend/wife. He was carrying a 1911 in a small-of-back holster. His shirt had ridden up in the car seat and gotten stuck above the 1911 so that he was flashing everyone in the parking lot; but unaware of it. Suprisingly noone but me appeared to notice and a quick "Hey buddy, you're showing!" was enough to fix it.
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If you had had any intention of carjacking that couple, do you think you might have reconsidered at that time?
 
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